Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-04-27

what is the best thing for you to do"
II have thought of that-that is all ar-
ranged"
His tone is impatient.
"WThere are you going, darling?" she
asks, family.
"Nowhere.
His manner is dull and listless.
"Rousc YOURSELF" entreats she, "you
must 20 for awhile. You say you have
arranged ALL Tell ME, then, where you
are goingn'
"a long journey"
"Long journeys nowadays can be COM
passed in very little while"
"That is true. Mine will be the short
est passage on record" he draws his
breath sharply. "What happened to her,
when lcft?''
''She tainted. Mr.. Duran
"Kcep his name out Of it, can't you?"
interrupts he, violently. $50 on! She
tainted Well, what them"
"They had considerable difficulty in re-
covering her, have been told. was not
there" says Lady Valworth, nervously.
"She was naturally good deal upset by
the whole affair. suppose you fright
ened her."
1Ou say uuTG uer.
"You sent her with some force against
the wall. You did not mean it," hastily
-"but when one is agitated as you were,
one hardly knows what one is doing.
"You" anxiously-"must not take that
so much to heart; you did her no real
harm. You must not be uneasy"
"Takc it to heart? wish had killed
hcrn' The words come with a hiss
through his clinched teeth; his face Is
white and distorted with passion. "That
she should live, and live with him, Is tho
CALLING thought; that is more than can
bear. How her little white fingers fast
ened on his arm! Liar that she is! how
she deceived and ruined me! Body and
soul she has destroyed"
"Oh, not your soul, darling! There Is
time-rcpentance.'
"Thcre is very little time now and am
unrepentant.
He throws up his head and points to
the window. The lamps In the room are
waning, and through the closely cur
tanned window the first streaks of coming
morn are stealing with a persistency that
will not be denied. Day is breaking, and
with it his mothers heart. The cruel
liSuG Will tedr Hill llUul ucI, Will Cdlly
him-whither?
''You have not told me where you are
going" she says, pressing her hand
against her heart to still its throbbing.
81 can tell no one that"
"What! not your mother? Grant, do
not fear, will betray you; anything you
say to me now will be sacred. Tell me
where it is you mean to CO."
81 cannot"
"But why-why?"
"For the simple reason that I don't
know myself" There is curious CLEAN
in his eyes that disturbs her and makes
her forget the fippancy of his tone. ut
is to strange land will wend my way
before the day is very much older. A
stranger in strange land! My reception
will be cold one, or perchance hot
one"
He laughs wildly. His merriment is,
however, shortlived, breaking off almost
as it began, and ending in a dismal
silence.
"You are thinking Of Africa" says his
mother, trembling, she scarcely knows
why. "If you still refuse to let me know
exactly where you are going, at least
promise you will write to me. Grant,,
my dear, dear son, promise me that"
II will promise you anything you like,
| though doubt If you would care to keep
up the correspondence. There is some
thing terrible in his manner, which has
grown frivolous in CHASTITY way, and his
face is livid. "She will live and pros
per-" he says inconsequently as it seems
to Lady Valworth; "but she will have to
remember. I will compel her to do that
And remember you," laying his hand
roughly upon his mothers shoulder, ''re-
member we'll that my last words were that
she was responsible for alp
II will not believe these are your last
words You will return to me, when all
this has blown over you will return, if
even for q month or SO. Promise me
that, too, Grant,"
'From where I am going no man re-
turns"
'That is not true. There is no place
on earth from which you cannot come
back to me, if you only will"
''No place OH earthn' He repeats her
words slowly. "My place on earth will
know me no more" lie seems to wander
away from the actual meaning Of her
words to the mere sound Of them. II
have no longer any place on earth," he
says dreamily.
"You have place in my heart always" "
cries she, with u sudden burst of weeping.
She throws her arms round him, and
clings to him in an embrace that is full
of despair "Alas! my one child! my
pretty baby! that it should come to this, "
she means, bitterly.
"You will not forget my message to
her?''
Though he is supporting her half faint
ing form, he hardly heeds her; her words
bear no meaning to him. His mind is
ever with the girl who had unconsciously
betrayed him, whom he has lOved-whom
he still loves, with q terrible intensity.
II shall forget nothing. When do you
start?'
"When You leave me-"
"There will be no train, darling, until
7 O'clock"
~ shall require no train"
"But how, then, will you COZ"
Again he bursts into that loud dis
cordant laughter that chills the blood in
her veins.
'Do not be uneasy about me. l have
prepared for myself a mode of transit
swifter than any train. Pouf! Steam
will be slow to it,
"You do not trust me-" she says sor-
rowfully, still unsuspectinG, still dead to
the warning that his words, his lace, his
manner, should have given her.
I trust you entirely. [ trust you with
my last message-to her! Now co.
II shall see you AGAIN." cntreats she,
lingering.
II hope not! I hope from my soul
mott" ...
For the first time his composure seems
to desert him. He grows ghastly pale,
and Il fit of shivering seizes upon him.
"You are ill-you are sutfering!' cries
his mother quickly.
"No. 1t is nothing. Only go! l
must be alone for awhile, and my time is
short Good-by.
STOPPING, he presses his lips to her fore
head.
"For the moment:" she answers anx-
iously.
"Good-by."
There is no denial of her question in his
manner, and she is fain to be content
with It, She clings to him, and embraces
him warmly; IN embrace he returns III
kind She moves as if to leave him. AL
most as she reaches the door, his voice
stops her.
Zone word" he says huskily. "Do
not-do not be unkind to her! When
am gone, do not show or feel resentment
toward her!'
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